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4th grade students have been studying about games in English class. They have been learning how to say the names of lots of different games in English.
First, the students warmed-up by singing the "Hello" song.
Everyone one knows it very well now!

Next, Ms. Emily talked about different games they play in Scotland depending on the weather.
What gesture is this?
Ms. Emily is talking about snowy days. In Scotland, snowball fights are not allowed at schools!

Ms. Emily didn't use any Japanese. She only used English and made gestures.
The students all listened very carefully.

Mr. Ota helped to demonstrate a game that children in Scotland play on windy days.
They put their jacket over their head and make a sail, like a boat. The wind pushes them back. It's a fun game!

Next, we learned the English words for different games. The teachers demonstrated the games and the students guessed what they were using Japanese. Then the teachers told them the English words.
What game is this?
It's cards! We don't say `trump` in English.

How about this game? What is this?
It's called tag! Many children love this game!

Let's practice saying them after Ms. Emily!
"Tag! Tag!"

After learning the new words, the teachers asked questions using "Do you like~?". "Yes, I do!"

The students stood on different sides of the classroom depending on if their answer was "Yes" or "No".
"No, I don't!".

Then, the students had an interview game where they asked their classmates "Do you like~?" questions.
Nice eye contact!

Great smile!
The students were happy to learn what games their classmates like. Students said that they will invite their classmates to play those games in the future.

Lastly, we played the game `Fruit basket`. We have introduced this game in the past. Read about it in more detail here.
When they handed out the cards the teachers said, "Here you are!"
"Thank you!"

It's a very fun game!


The students have to listen very carefully!

Everyone smiled and laughed a lot!

At the end of the class Ms. Nihei tried something new when tidying up. The students said the names of the games as she was taking down the flashcards.
"Jump rope!"
What a great idea!
Well done 4th grade students and teachers!

3rd grade students have been building on what they studied last year. In the last post we showed you classes 3-1 and 3-3 studying about reactions. You can read about the lesson in more detail here. This week class 3-2 studied the same lesson.
We refreshed our memories about colors and vegetables. "What's this? Do you know?"
"Yes! Yes! It's corn!"

"What color are tomatoes?"
"Red!" "Yes, tomatoes are red!"
"Is this red?" "Yes!"

Everyone asked their friends and gave reactions.
"Do you like potatoes?"
"Yes, I do. I like potatoes!"
"Me, too!"
Nice eye contact!
Well done class 3-2!

Classes 3-1 and 3-3 studied new vocabulary for the first time this year. They studied sports.
First we learned the new words. Ms. Emily asked "What's this?".
The students could answer in Japanese and Ms. Emily said the English.

Next, we looked at things we use for sports. "What sport do we use this for?"
"Baseball!"

This is a soccer ball. "Is this soccer?"
"No!!" "Good job! It's dodgeball!"

Then we played a gesture game. The teachers did gestures and the students guessed the sport.
Can you guess?
Hmmm...

I know! I know!
"Soccer!" "Yes! It's soccer! Good job!"

How about this gesture?
Wow! It's jump rope!

Next, we practiced asking questions as a class. First we split the class into two groups and practiced asking and answering questions together.
Nice gestures everyone!

Next, One student stood at the front and everyone else asked the question on the flashcard together.
"Do you like marathon?"

Then the student answered, "Yes, I do." or "No, I don't."
"Yes, I do!!" Nice gestures!

After practicing together we asked our friends.
Nice smile!

The teachers picked some students to give a good demonstration. "Let's watch!"
Great eye contact and reactions! "Me, too!"

Then, everyone tried again while rememebering the good demonstration.
Great smiles and gestures!

Nice job classes 3-1 and 3-3!

6th grade students recently had their last class on Hi, friends!2 Lesson 2 "When is your birthday?".
The class started with a greeting game. We like using greeting games to review some English that we studied in the past. This time we reviewed "What would you like?".
Look! Here is the menu! It all looks delicious!

First, the teachers demonstrated the activity.
"This is Ms. Emiko's restaurant. Ms. Emily, what would you like?"
"I'm hot. I'd like ice cream!"

Next Ms. Emily and one of the students demonstrated. We think that having demonstrations with the students helps to check if the students understand or not.
"I'd like a parfait! Delicious!"

Then the students did the activity together.
Great eye contact!

Nice smiles!

After warming-up with the greeting game, it was time to start the main lesson. We reviewed the months chant. Let's make gestures too! Do you know what month this is?
They are making the gesture for 6. It's June!

Next, the teachers demonstrated the main activity. Everyone recieved a paper with someone's birthday written on it. They had to search for that person.
"When is your birthday?"
"My birthday is May 2nd."
"I see!"

Let's start!
Nice gestures!

"See you!". Great smiles!

Once the students had found whose birthday it was, the students had to write a message to that person. They wrote a nice message in Japanese but they also wrote a few words in English.
The teachers have a new tool for writing lines on the board.
Look! We can draw 4 lines at once! We can use these lines to show how to write the alphabet!

The students asked Ms. Emily how to write what they wanted to say in English.
Everyone is very interested in learning how to write in English so we try and include some small activities like this.

Lastly, the students gave their letters to the person whose birthday was written on the paper.
Everyone was very happy to receive the nice messages.

Well done everyone!